#C4BD4A#C4BD4A

#C4BD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.135 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD4A
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 62.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -11.74, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 58.39, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0369 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.135 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2000, 48.6268, 13.6402)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD4A #4A51C4

analogous

#C4804A #C4BD4A #8EC44A

triadic

#C4BD4A #4AC4BD #BD4AC4

tetradic

#C4BD4A #4AC480 #4A51C4 #C44A8E

square

#C4BD4A #4AC480 #4A51C4 #C44A8E

split-complementary

#C4BD4A #4A8EC4 #804AC4

monochromatic

#6F6B24 #9D9733 #C4BD4A #D3CE78 #E2DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C4BD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD4A

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD4A	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.135 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d082',
    500: '#c4bd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd4a;
$custom-light: #d9d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78232,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD4A

secondary

#9B9ECF

accent

#56DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD4A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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